Education

#MENE1911952AOrder of April 19, 2019 on the new teaching organization for vocational and professional qualifications

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

This law restructures the curriculum for vocational high schools in France, affecting students pursuing professional qualifications such as the baccalauréat professionnel and CAP. It details teaching specialties, sectors, and establishes a mandatory period of professional training, ensuring students gain practical skills alongside theoretical knowledge.

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Key Changes

  • Introduces new teaching structures for vocational qualifications
  • Sets required professional training periods
  • Affects baccalauréat professionnel and CAP students

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Vocational high schools must organize teaching according to the curriculum structure specified in Annex I, which designates teaching specialties and their corresponding sectors (Production or Services) for the baccalauréat professionnel

Vocational high schools offering baccalauréat professionnel programs
operational
high

Schools must ensure that students pursuing professional qualifications include a mandatory period of professional training (stage) alongside theoretical knowledge

Vocational high schools and CAP training institutions
operational
high

For Production sector specialties, schools must teach Economie-gestion and Physique-chimie as mandatory general education subjects, unless otherwise specified in the specialty decree

Vocational high schools offering Production sector baccalauréat professionnel specialties
operational
high

For Services sector specialties, schools must teach Economie-droit and Langue vivante B as mandatory general education subjects

Vocational high schools offering Services sector baccalauréat professionnel specialties
operational
high

Schools must implement the specific teaching organization corresponding to each baccalauréat professionnel specialty as listed in Annex I with reference to the creation decree for each specialty

Vocational high schools
operational

Affected Parties

Vocational high schoolsStudents pursuing professional qualifications

Tags

education reform,vocational training,professional qualifications